Residencies

Residency: The Maryland Institute College of Art & The Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists (Brittany, France)

Deadline: February 1st, 2017

The Maryland Institute College of Art is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the 2016 session of The Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists in Brittany, France. Residencies will be awarded to 4-8 applicants (artists and artist couples)
Session dates: Saturday, June 3rd, 2017 to Saturday July 29th, 2017
Awards announced: March 1st, 2017

The residency is housed in the medieval riverside village of Léhon, which is a “Petite Cité de Caractère” and is graced by a medieval abbey and its gardens and by the ruins of the oldest fortress in Brittany on a hill overlooking the village

Competitive residencies are open to all practicing non-student visual artists and artist-couples working in any media and regardless of their affiliation and nationality. No application fee. The Residency provides free lodging and studio space. Residents are responsible for the cost of travel, most meals, materials, and personal expenses.

Complete and detailed information, including the on-line application available here

Residency: Chulitna Lodge Wilderness Retreat (Port Alsworth, AK)

Chulitna Lodge Artist-In-Residence Program seeks to provide the time, space, clarity, and facilities for all forms of creative professionals to make and meditate.

We encourage the gamut, from seasoned professionals to enthusiastic hobbyists, to apply for our various programs.

For more media on Chulitna Lodge and the residency program, look at our vlog:
www.chulitnalodge.com/videoblog

There is a complete wood-shop representing most every tool one would need.
Some Printmaking and Digital Photography facilities.
Welding and cutting tools.  (Metal can be flown in, or repurposed from appliances/equipment collected over Chulitna's 80+ years.)
Light is ample, as is space for painters.

Writers and researchers will find our library a great place to find everything from obscure local native legends, to biology, anatomy or taxa.
Musicians - Please do apply!!

Most any material needed can be flown in, given enough notice.

Fees

$800/week double occupancy cabin
$1300/week single occupancy cabin

Includes all expenses from arrival to departure
Special additional rates available for family and/or studio assistants
Staff members are available to help with any tool usage or technical assistance
24 hour studio access

Fellowships

Full scholarships include Room & Board plus flight from anywhere in the continental U.S. and commuter flight from Anchorage to Port Alsworth and require a minimum of 6 week commitment between June 1 and Sept 30.
Partial scholarships include Room & Board, but not transportation.
Work study options are also available.
All scholarship and work study artists are expected to participate in meal preperation, and clean up, and/or gardening.

Timeframe

Early summer is a fantastic beauty full of hope and spring blossoms.  Mid-Summer has great intensity with the midnight sun.  Late summer to fall brings salmon, the changing of the leaves, and Aurora Borealis.

Applications can be made on slideroom at the following link:

https://chulitnalodge.slideroom.com

Call for artists; Residency: City of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs is now accepting proposals for its 2017-18 Artist in Residence (AIR) and City of LA (COLA) Master Artist Fellowship grants programs. 

The Artist in Residence RFP seeks community-based/teaching artists to coordinate multi-week participatory workshops culminating in group presentations in non-arts venues such as social service agencies. Artist In Residence Guidelines can be found here

The COLA Fellowship Program honors an assortment of Los Angeles' best contemporary artists. The awards allow accomplished artists to create new work while DCA organizes a museum exhibition, performing arts showcase, and an online catalog to document and market the selected artists and their new works as one cross-section of the exciting Los Angeles art scene. Guidelines can be found here

The submission deadline for both programs will be Friday, October 28, 2016

Residency: UNLV (Las Vegas, NV)

The Department of Art at the University of Nevada Las Vegas invites applications for two eight-week periods in its spring Artist in Residence Program. 

AIR schedule: January 16–March 12 (session 1) and March 13–May 13 (session 2)

The successful candidates will remain in residence throughout the tenure of each of two sessions, each teaching two seminars for advanced undergraduate and MFA students, perform studio visits and participate in critiques, and offer individualized mentorship for young and emerging artists in our programs. Studio space, as well as a 10,000 USD honorarium, will be provided for each position. Travel to and from Las Vegas, lodging, and other expenses are not included, and will be the responsibility of the successful applicant.

With over 29,000 students and 14 colleges and professional schools, the University of Nevada Las Vegas is the premier research institution in this dynamic metropolitan area and stunning desert region. The UNLV Art Department offers BA, BFA and MFA degrees in Sculpture, Photography, Printmaking and Painting/Drawing, the BA degree in Art History, and a BS in Graphic Design & Media. The department serves over 600 undergraduate majors, as well as 12 graduate students in our unique and highly selective MFA program. We welcome proposals that complement our strong offerings in studio arts and art history. 

Applicants should be actively engaged in contemporary artistic practice, and show evidence of a national or international exhibition record. Applications from practitioners of studio disciplines, as well as art history and/or criticism are welcome. Writers, critics, and art historians are also encouraged to apply. MA, MFA, PhD or equivalent terminal degree required.

To apply, submit a single PDF File to include: 
–Cover letter
–Artist Statement
–Teaching philosophy
–CV
–Portfolio: ten images (individual file not exceed 100 DPI) from the recent works described with size and medium; art historians and writers: submit 10–15 pages writing sample.
–An abstract undergraduate & graduate seminar teaching proposals
–List of three references
 
Individual documents not to exceed a single page.
Follow-ups or added material will not be accepted.
Address applications to: 
 
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
AIR Committee
Department of Art
4505 S Maryland Parkway Box
455002 Las Vegas, NV 89154-5002

Review of applications will begin October 7, 2016. Complete applications submitted by this date will receive full consideration. Due to the volume of submissions, application materials will not be returned. 
 

Residency: Camera Obscura Art Lab Studio Residency, Santa Monica, CA

The City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division seeks proposals from artists and artisans living in Los Angeles County for a studio residency spanning fourteen weeks, from January 4th to April 12th, 2017 at the Camera Obscura Art Lab in Palisades Park, Santa Monica. This residency offers artists a glass-walled studio with a spectacular ocean view in an iconic midcentury park building overlooking the Santa Monica Pier, four blocks away from the terminus of the Expo line. The City seeks artists whose work offers opportunity for sharing with the public through example and instruction. All disciplines and mediums will be considered. An honorarium of $1500 and use of the facility for a final exhibit/presentation is offered to the successful applicant. Notification of the selected resident will take place by early November, 2016.
Proposals due Thursday, October 27th by 5 PM
Info about the Art Lab at http://www.smgov.net/camera
 

Opportunity: Residency


APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN - Associate Artist Residencies (AAR) 

The Associate Artist Residency programme allows international artists, curators, academics and arts writers to apply to Acme Studios for short-term (one, two or three months) London based professional development residencies.
 
Associate Artist Residencies provide individual mentoring for international artists, matching their skills and ambitions with contemporary galleries, curators, arts professionals, cultural organisations and leading artists in London. We create bespoke and stimulating residencies to push the boundaries of each artists’ work and to tap into the core of what makes London such an exciting international cultural centre.
 
Residencies can be developed around a particular project or conceived of as networking and contacts-focused. The programme is open to applicants resident in any country outside of England.
 
Please note that unless otherwise stated, artists will need to source their own funding for AAR opportunities and are usually funded by professional development or travel grants available in their home countries.
 
Applications received before 1 April 2016 will be considered for residencies taking place during 2017. Further information and AAR application forms can be downloaded from the Acme website.
 

Residency Opportunity: Grand Central Art Center

Deadline: November 13, 2015

PROJECT SUMMARY

Community Engagement has partnered with California State University at Fullerton’s Grand Central Art Center (GCAC) to enlist community-driven creatives* to respond to a call for proposals. 

*Creatives can be defined as community engagement leaders, artists, architects, urban community planners, etc. whose interests are in creating collaborative efforts promoting positive individual and community change. 

Specifically, the Creatives selected will be awarded a one-year opportunity to engage the residents of one of three low-income housing communities in Santa Ana, Calif. and Phoenix, Ariz. to ignite social change through sustainable practices and programs. The Creatives selected, individual and or collective groups, will be given housing (or a housing stipend), a working stipend, and a budget to execute their projects. 

For more information on how to apply, visit the Grand Central Art Center's website

2015 Writer's Residency: Annenberg Community Beach House

Deadline: Thursday, October 23, 2014, received in office by 5:00pm   

The City of Santa Monica, Cultural Affairs Division, seeks proposals from writers of fiction, poetry, plays, and screenplays living in Los Angeles County for the Writer’s Residency Program at the Annenberg Community Beach House. The Writer’s Residency Program offers writers a private office in the historic Marion Davies Guest House for six weeks between Tuesday, January 13 and Tuesday, February 17, 2015 to complete a work-in-progress. 

 Please download the Call for Proposals here.

Studio Residency: Santa Monica

Deadline: Thursday, October 23, 5pm in the office.

 The City of Santa Monica, Cultural Affairs Division, seeks proposals from artists and artisans living in Los Angeles County for a Studio Residency at 1450 Ocean, the Camera Obscura building in Palisades Park, Santa Monica. This Studio Residency offers shared multipurpose space with a spectacular ocean view in an iconic midcentury park building overlooking the Pier, from Tuesday, January 6 to Tuesday, March 3, 2015. The City is particularly interested in a letterpress or fine art printer who would be interested in temporarily relocating their press to the center. However all mediums will be considered.

 Please download the Call for Proposals here.

Retreat Opportunity

Retreat: Upstate NY Retreat
Owned by a longtime supporter of the arts, this home is perfect for contemplating new work or simply relaxing with friends and family. A three story house, there is plenty of room — three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a basement, a spacious living room, a deck and a large backyard. Full and private access to this comfortable Upstate NY retreat is available for a limited time in exchange for selected artwork.

 

Residency Opportunity: Lighthouse Works

Fully Funded Artist Residencies at The Lighthouse Works
The Lighthouse Works provides fellows with housing, food, studio space, a $250 travel allowance and an artist stipend of $1,500. Fellowships are six weeks in length and occur year-round. Fellowships are awarded through an application and juried selection process. Past fellows inlude Maya Hayuk, Meredith James, Jacques Louis Vidal and Matthew Fischer. Apply by October 1st to be considered for the Spring Fellowship, January 1st – February 1st, 2015 for Summer and Fall Fellowships.

Upcoming Residency Deadlines

New Opportunities: 

  •  (Stuttgart, Germany) is a public-law foundation that offers an interdisciplinary and international fellowship program for artists and scientists. This year the program will grant 70 residency fellowships running from three to twelve months. International artists, writers, musicians, performers, and new media artists are encouraged to apply. The fellowship includes furnished live/work studio, a monthly fellowship grant, and travel expenses. Families can sometimes be accommodated. Deadline: Oct 31 [Read more.]
     
  • The Millay Colony for the Arts (Austerlitz, New York) has added a second annual application deadline. Visual artists, composers and writers may now apply in October for one-month or two-week residencies taking place April through November. Artists are provided with private rooms, personal studios, and all meals during their stay at Millay’s pastoral campus. Deadline: Oct 1 [Read more]
     
  • MMCA Residency Changdong + Goyang (Seoul, Korea) is now accepting applications for the 2015 International Artist Residency Program. Artists of any discipline, from countries outside of Korea, can apply for three to six-month residencies offered through the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. Residencies include live/work space, exhibition opportunities, and a generous stipend. Deadline: Oct 17 [Read more.]
     
  • Surel's Place (Boise, Idaho) is a one to three-month residency program nestled just steps from the Boise River. Artists are given private use of a modern, bright live-work space at the center of the thriving Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District. Program includes travel and living stipend, marketing/administrative support, and tickets to local arts events. Deadline: Sept 1 [Read more.]
     
  • Santa Fe Art Institute (Santa Fe, New Mexico) is offering SFAI alumni the opportunity to return to the Institute for a month long residency this winter. Four sessions will run this December. Deadline: Sept 15 [Read more.]
     
  • Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) (Amherst, Virginia) welcomes over 400 artists each year to their campus on 400 acres of rolling Blue Ridge farmland. This month VCCA will grant a fully-funded residency (including stipend) to a sculptor or installation artist as part of their biannual Wachtmeister Award. Deadline: Aug 31 [Read more.]

Residency Deadlines: 

09/09/14

Arte Studio Ginestrelle (Assisi, Italy)

09/12/14

Djerassi Resident Artists Program (Woodside, California United States)

09/15/14

Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts (Saratoga, Wyoming United States)

Jentel Artist Residency Program (Banner, Wyoming United States)

La Napoule Art Foundation (La Napoule, France)

Santa Fe Art Institute (Santa Fe, New Mexico United States)

The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences (Rabun Gap, Georgia United States)

The MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, New Hampshire United States)

The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts (New Berlin, New York United States)

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) (Amherst, Virginia United States)

09/28/14

360 XOCHI QUETZAL: Free Winter 2014 Artists and Writer´s Residency (Chapala, Jalisco Mexico)

09/30/14

ArtCenter/South Florida Studio Residency Program (Miami, Florida United States)

10/01/14

Bunnell Street Arts Center (Homer, Alaska United States)

ISLAND Artist Residency at the Hill House (Mancelona, Michigan United States)

Teton Artlab (Jackson , Wyoming United States)

Ucross Foundation Residency Program (Ucross, Wyoming United States)

Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, Vermont United States)

10/06/14

Artspace Regional Emerging Artist Residency (Raleigh, North Carolina United States)

10/15/14

Kala Art Institute (Berkeley, California United States)

The Rensing Center (Pickens, South Carolina United States)

Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center (Millville, New Jersey United States)

10/17/14

MMCA Residency | Changdong (Seoul , South Korea)

MMCA Residency | Goyang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea)

10/20/14

Art Omi | Omi International Arts Center (Ghent, New York United States)

10/29/14

Pilchuck Glass School (Stanwood, Washington United States)

10/31/14

'ace (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart, Germany)

Upcoming Residency Deadlines

Due this week! 

  • 'ace (Buenos Aires, Argentina) residency program serves as a bridge, linking foreign artists with the urban and social environment of Buenos Aires and other artists living throughout Argentina. The program fosters collaboration and provides substantial production and technical support. Deadline: July 31. [read more]
     
  • Willapa Bay AiR (Oysterville, WA) offers month-long, self-directed residencies to emerging and established artists, writers, scholars, musical composers and songwriters. Situated on 16 acres in coastal southwest Washington State, the Residency provides lodging, meals, and work space, at no cost, to five residents each month, from March 1 through September 30 of the year. Deadline: July 31. [read more].

Upcoming residency deadlines:

08/01/14

The Art Students League of New York - The League Residency at Vyt (Sparkill, New York United States)

A Studio in the Woods (New Orleans, Louisiana United States)

San Diego Art Institute (San Diego, California United States)

The Corporation of Yaddo (Saratoga Springs, New York United States)

08/15/14

AZULE (Hot Springs , North Carolina United States)

08/31/14

Prairie Center of the Arts (Peoria, Illinois United States)

09/01/14

Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (Nebraska City, Nebraska United States)

National Parks Arts Foundation (National Parks, National Monuments, United States)

Playa (Summer Lake, , Oregon United States)

09/04/14

Hedgebrook (Langley, Washington United States)

09/12/14

Djerassi Resident Artists Program (Woodside, California United States)

09/15/14

Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts (Saratoga, Wyoming United States)

Jentel Artist Residency Program (Banner, Wyoming United States)

Rasmuson Foundation (, United States)

The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences (Rabun Gap, Georgia United States)

The MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, New Hampshire United States)

The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts (New Berlin, New York United States)

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) (Amherst, Virginia United States)

09/28/14

360 Xochi Quetzal Free Winter Artists and Writer´s Residency 2014 (Chapala, Jalisco Mexico)

09/30/14

ArtCenter/South Florida Studio Residency Program (Miami, Florida United States)